Who's the Boss? Star Danny Pintauro Tells Oprah: I'm HIV Positive

On Saturday night's episode of *Oprah: Where Are They Now? *Oprah caught up with actor Danny Pintauro, the former child star who played Jonathan on *Who's the Boss? *But instead of a lighthearted catch-up, Pintauro revealed some shocking news about his health. "I'm HIV positive," he said. "And I have been for 12 years."

Pintauro revealed that he was diagnosed in 2003: "I went in for a regular checkup. You know, as a responsible gay man, you're getting an HIV test done every six months," he said. "And you sort of waited two weeks on pins and needles, or at least I did, because I was just terrified of the idea of getting HIV."

Of receiving the news that was he was, in fact HIV positive, Pintauro said, "There's this awful feeling of, I'm never going to be able to have a good relationship. No one's ever going to want me.'"

Happily, Pintauro did find love: "My husband, on our first date...it was the first thing I told him," Pintauro said. "The first thing he said was, 'I'm not scared of it at all.'"

Thanks to advances in antiretroviral drugs, Pintauro said he's doing well. He hopes that sharing his own status will not only encourage others to get tested, but to know that there's still hope if the diagnosis comes back positive. "You don't have to be terrified anymore," he told Oprah.